ST Comparo

[LancasterFJR]

Apologize if this was posted earlier. I looked and didn't see it. New ST comparo on motorcycle USA. FJR is holding its own, albeit getting long in the tooth.

https://www.motorcycle-usa.com/12/5007/Moto...hootout-IV.aspx

 

[happyPuppy]

The way bike sales are going it maybe a while before we see a new one. The BMW is way overpriced the C14 looks pretty good , but not that much difference other than a 6th gear, and it is not as ugly.

 

[str8]

Speaking of pricing, can anyone explain why the MSRP for the BMW 1300 is $19,150 south of the border and $21,825 north, whereas the Yammie is $15,190 south and $21,199 north?

Is it just me, or is there some inconsistencies here?

 

[na1g]

Must be the snowtires fitted on the North version.

pete :glare:

 

[charismaticmegafauna]

Speaking of pricing, can anyone explain why the MSRP for the BMW 1300 is $19,150 south of the border and $21,825 north, whereas the Yammie is $15,190 south and $21,199 north?Is it just me, or is there some inconsistencies here?

It has to do with trade/tariff/import/export issues -- the different agreements between different countries. I had it all explained to me once by a Volvo salesman in Winnipeg. At the time, a Volvo in Canada sold for several thousand dollars less than the same Volvo in the U.S. -- mostly due to a different trade agreement, concerning motor vehicles, between Canada and Sweden v/s U.S. and Sweden (Canada wanted trade -- U.S. didn't?)

Hey..., you guys got LADAs (we were askeered of commies, or sumptin...?)

P.S. -- my BMW riding buddies are telling me BMWs are selling really cheap right now (several of them have just bought new ones)

 

[JT 384]

Its called F&*^ING Canadiens!!!!!!

 

[Maura]

there are no duties in Canada on motorcycles, because there is no domestic motorcycle manufacturing, cars are a different story.....I have observed over the past decade or so that BMW is very responsive to changes in the exchange rate, yet all the Japanese marques are not at all.

 

[happyPuppy]

It maybe ending, I read that Buell was taking with Bombardier Recreational Products in Canada. Since they make the Rotax , it maybe a good match for him and hopefully Buell can come back in Canada